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Two Wyoming Guard members get rescue award for Afghanistan mission
May 10, 2017
Wyoming Army National Guard soldiers Staff Sgt. Derrick Perkins, a medic, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bryan Herget, a UH-60 Black Hawk pilot, receive the Dustoff Association’s Rescue of the Year award for their heroic effort that saved the lives of five critically wounded Soldiers during a medevac mission in Afghanistan in 2015.
Illinois Army National Guard takes third in Gainey Cup scout contest
May 9, 2017
Army National Guard competes in the stress-shoot portion of the Gainey Cup competition held at Fort Benning, Ga., on May 4, 2017.
Colorado Air National Guard members deploy to Japan
May 9, 2017
An F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 120th Fighter Squadron, 140th Wing, takes off at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado on its way to Kadena Air Base, Japan for a deployment in support of the Theater Security Package.
New York Airmen in right place to manage serious car crash
May 9, 2017
Tech Sgt. Seth Stucker, first sergeant assigned to the 274th Air Support Operations Squadron, New York Air National Guard, Syracuse, is one of two Airmen along with Tech Sgt. Brandon Mason, a support services specialist assigned to the 274th ASOS, who responded to the scene of a car accident outside of the main gate of Hancock Airfield, April 4, 2017. Stucker, who has a medical background in the Air Force, was first on the scene to render aid to the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle that crashed, until EMS and other local emergency services arrived.
ANG to name building in honor of former NGB Chief Craig McKinley
May 5, 2017
The Air National Guard's I.G. Brown Training and Education Center mixed-use facility, Buildings 418, 414A-B, is a 46,871 square foot classroom and dormitory facility for training and education at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in east Tennessee. The facility was constructed from August 2014 to January 2017.
National Guard's senior enlisted leaders join efforts to collaborate
May 4, 2017
The director of the Air National Guard, Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, visits the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center, May 2, 2017, in east Tennessee. General Rice spoke with the National Guard’s Joint Enlisted Advisory Council (JEAC), or about 90 senior enlisted National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from the states and territories here this week. He also toured TEC’s campus, meet professional military education students and attended the afternoon retreat ceremony with students and staff.
Guard and Reserve Soldiers team up for cyber-defense exercise
May 4, 2017
A group of U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard cyber Soldiers work together to defend their network during Cyber Shield 17 at Camp Williams, Utah, May 2, 2017. Cyber Shield is a National Guard exercise, in cooperation with U.S. Army Reserve, that provides Soldiers, Airmen and civilians from over 44 states and territories the opportunity to test their skills in response to cyber-incidents in a multi-service environment.
Inspectors general found support network at recent workshop
May 4, 2017
Army Maj. Gen. Leslie C. Smith, deputy inspector general, U.S. Army, speaks with National Guard inspectors generals during the IG workshop at the Herbert R. Temple Jr. Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington, Va., April 20, 2017. The NG IG workshop provided an opportunity for NG IGs from the 50 States, 3 Territories and District of Columbia, to collectively establish future courses of action for program improvements.
Relationships key to senior enlisted advisor legacy
May 3, 2017
Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Mitchell Brush, the fourth senior enlisted advisor to the chief of the National Guard Bureau, at Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany, May 30, 2015.
Guard wades in to help Arkansas flood victims
May 3, 2017
Soldiers from the Arkansas National Guard's 87th Troop Command assisted Randolph County authorities with evacuation assistance in Pocahontas Tuesday, May 2, 2017. The Soldiers were activated in response to flooding in the area from multiple rivers.
Georgia National Guard sets standard for parachute operations
May 2, 2017
Georgia Army National Guard Sgt. Michael Romeo, a parachute rigger of the 165th Quartermaster Company, walks back to the hanger after an accomplished jump during the Parachute Operational Mishap Preventative Orientation Course. POMPOC is tailored for the airborne community with a special emphasis on mishap trends and prevention, jumpmaster duties or procedures and effective airborne program management.
Missouri National Guard on the job to manage flood aftermath
May 2, 2017
Missouri National Guard Soldiers are flying Black Hawk and Lakotas to conduct aerial river surveillance and rescue operations in support of state emergency response efforts. Guard members are conducting a number of missions across the state, including hauling sandbags and transporting first responders.
Arizona National Guard members gain experience training in Alaska
May 1, 2017
Arizona National Guard Spc. Joseph Charles, a motor vehicle operator with the 259th Engineer Platoon, operates heavy equipment during a runway extension project at Innovative Readiness Training, Old Harbor, Alaska, April 19, 2017. The project will extend the existing Old Harbor runway by 2,700 feet, which will allow larger aircraft to land in Old Harbor.
New York National Guard exercises its emergency-response command skills as part of Ardent Sentry 17
April 28, 2017
Sgt. 1st Class Michael Giarrusso, a 42nd Infantry Division operations NCO, and Staff Sgt. Diahann Adepegba, a division intelligence NCO in-charge, map out a 10-mile radius of a simulated nuclear blast area in order to identify affected roads and bridges during Ardent Sentry 17 at the 42nd Infantry Division's Troy, N.Y., armory on April 26, 2017.
New York Air Guard pararescue team wrapping up mid-Atlantic rescue of injured seamen
April 27, 2017
Members of the 106th Rescue Wing assigned to New York Air National Guard, run to add additional supplies for a rescue mission to Lajes, Azores, April 24, 2017, Westhampton Beach, N.Y. The mission is to locate the aircraft and drop pararescuemen who will board the ship and provide emergency medical care to the crew.
National Guard more relevant and ready for new threats, chief testifies
April 27, 2017
Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, testifies at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Defense hearing on National Guard and Reserve Programs and Readiness, April 26, 2017.
Exercise Cyber Shield 2017 gets underway in Utah
April 26, 2017
Chief Warrant Officer Edwin Parubrub of the Hawaii Army National Guard Defensive Cyberspace Operations-Elements reads through notes while waiting for the introductory briefing for exercise Cyber Shield to begin, at Camp Williams, Utah, April 24, 2017. Cyber Shield 17 is an Army National Guard defensive cyberspace operations exercise with approximately 800 members of the Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve and representatives of state and federal government agencies, industry partners and academia taking part. The purpose of the exercise is to provide a collective training event to evaluate cyber operations and set the conditions for team validation.
New York Air National Guard pararescuemen aiding seamen on stricken ship in Mid-Atlantic
April 25, 2017
Members of the 106th Rescue Wing assigned to New York Air National Guard, prepare to take off for a rescue mission at Lajes, Azores, April 24, 2017, Westhampton Beach, N.Y. The mission is to locate the aircraft and drop para-rescuemen who will board the ship and provide emergency medical care to the crew.
Wildland firefighters and aviators conclude annual training in Boise
April 25, 2017
A C130h aircraft loaded with the MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) from the 152nd Airlift Wing of Reno, Nevada drops a water line while training to contain wildfires just outside Boise, Idaho. April 21, 2017. More than 400 personnel of four C-130 Guard and Reserve units — from California, Colorado, Nevada and Wyoming, making up the Air Expeditionary Group — were in Boise, Idaho for the week-long wildfire training and certification.
Big training for wildland firefighting yields big results
April 24, 2017
Wyoming Air National Guard Lt. Col. Ryan Scofield, MAFFS instructor pilot, discusses an upcoming training sortie with members of Nevada Air National Guard's 152nd Airlift Wing. Members of all four MAFFS-designated wings came together for annual certification and training in Boise, Idaho, April 19-24, 2017.